Attending events and appointments
When you book an appointment or event with the Careers Service, you'll get a confirmation email with all the details and a reminder the day before. Don't forget to add it to your calendar!
If you can't make it, please cancel your booking.
Autumn 2024
Please see how to contact us and our opening hours.
We provide a variety of one to one appointments plus our regular series of seminars, workshops, and other events on campus and via MS Teams (Office 365).
- JobsLive is the Careers Service's online system for booking events and appointments, searching for jobs and employers. Current Imperial students are automatically registered with JobsLive, just use your Imperial username/ password to login
- If you have recently finished your course, are an Imperial Postdoc or Imperial Academic or Professional member of staff, you will need to register to access the system (see below).
- If you are an employer, you will need to register with JobsLive in order to advertise opportunities.
- To ensure fair access to our appointments you may only book one appointment per day and we limit you to three appointments of each type per 90 day period.
- All opening hours/event/appointment times are UK - check the current UK time here.
Access to the Careers Service
You will have full access to the Careers Service from the first day of your degree programme when you officially enrol. You will then be able to access JobsLive, book onto events, one to one appointments and search for job vacancies. You cannot access any of our services or events before this time.
Using jobslive
- Setting up your account
- Subscribe to the Careers Service weekly newsletter
- Search for employers and jobs
- Book careers events and appointments
- Visiting or exchange students
- Register as an Imperial graduate
- Register as Imperial College staff
- Privacy and data notice
- Set your profile settings to receive daily/weekly email alerts about job vacancies and events according to what types of work you are interested in
- You cannot access the system until you have set your email preferences in your profile settings
- We strongly recommend that you register for the Careers Service weekly newsletter (sent every Thursday, term-time)
- Registering with Target Jobs is not mandatory and you can de-select this option by unchecking the relevant box in JobsLive
We strongly recommend that you register for the Careers Service newsletter (sent weekly every Thursday, term-time, and every two weeks during vacations). This is a handy weekly digest of all the careers events taking place the following week, and all the latest news.
You can subscribe to these newsletters under you profile settings under the 'Me' option on the menu banner of JobsLive.
- Search for job vacancies by industry sector, location, job role and more
- Browse the online employer directory (currently with over 5500 registered employers)
- Save searches for jobs and set up notifications for when similar jobs are received
- Note that only roles that meet National Minimum Wage legislation are advertised by the Careers Service
See our disclaimer for all opportunities advertised on JobsLive.
- View all Careers Service events/appointments and manage your online bookings
- Receive email confirmations and reminders for all booked events/appointments
- Set reminders for events that you are interested in
- Book one of our many one to one appointments
- You have the same benefits under JobsLive as 'Current Students'
- Login under the 'Imperial Alumni' heading
- Under 'Degree graduated with' - select 'Imperial College UROP overseas visiting student'
- Follow the JobsLive link and select 'Alumni sign in', (then select 'Register') Input your details on the registration page. You will then receive an email to authenticate and then you will be sent login details via email.
- Please note that registration for JobsLive for alumni is for one year initially, after which time you will be prompted for re-registration
- Your Imperial login will not work with JobsLive. Please go to JobsLive and select either 'Acadmic & Professional Staff' or ' Postdoctoral Reserch Staff', (and then 'Register'). Input your details on the registration page. You will then receive a JobsLive password via email.
- Please note that in most cases, jobs vacancies, events and appointments advertised by the Careers Service are intended for current Imperial students and recent Imperial alumni.
- Imperial College staff are able to register with JobsLive but may be restricted from attending events and appointments. Please email us for further information.
- Registration with JobsLive is permitted for the duration of employment at Imperial College London, your account will be deleted upon leaving the College.
Imperial Careers Service staff will have lawful basis to access information on relevant data subjects (including, but not limited to students, recent graduates, employers, third-party suppliers, staff and other clients) on the basis of public task outlined in General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"), Article 6(1)(e).
This data is submitted to Imperial College London (as the data controller) as part of the enrolment process or when registering for an account on Imperial Careers Service's JobsLive. For full details please see:
- Imperial College and Data Protection
- Employer Terms & Conditions
Data will be stored securely on your JobsLive user profile, which is provided by Group GTI (as the data processor).
- You can view the data held by Imperial College London Careers Service at any time by logging into your JobsLive account and selecting 'my profile' from the menu.
- To view full data held by Imperial College London Careers Service you will need to email careers@imperial.ac.uk for a request for personal information.
Opportunity types explained:
- Graduate position (up to three years after graduating) - any graduate scheme or graduate job (fixed term or permanent contract)
- Graduate position (three years+ after graduating) - any graduate scheme or graduate job (fixed term or permanent contract), suitable for those that have been graduated for more than three years
- Student internship (less than four months) - any internship aimed at students returning to study in next academic year, usually summer internships eight to 12 weeks in duration
- Insights scheme - any work shadowing or short introductions to an organisation / sector. Usually aimed at earlier year groups
- Placement (four to twelve months) -any industry placement, usually forming part of a degree course, with a duration of four to twelve months. Mostly undergraduate but can be at graduate level.
- Voluntary work - any full or part-time voluntary roles with charities or organisations exempt from National Minimum Wage legislation
- Part-time / seasonal work - any casual or ad-hoc paid work or projects
- Studentships, scholarships & awards - any grants or funding for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Disclaimer for vacancies advertised on JobsLive
The Careers Service at Imperial makes every effort to ensure organisations and vacancies listed on our website, emails, and publications are bonafide. However, we are unable to verify details in their entries and cannot guarantee their accuracy. We strongly recommend you check fully before applying in all cases. We are unable to individually verify the details of vacancies posted to JobsLive. However, we will remove any vacancies where it can be demonstrated that the organisation involved is in contravention of UK law.
People applying to vacancies posted do so at their own risk and the Careers Service will not be held liable for any costs or damages incurred by applicants for vacancies posted on our site. We also recommend that prior to taking up any subsequent employment, applicants check fully their Conditions of Service including compliance with Health & Safety or employment legislation.
The Careers Service carries out due diligence on roles that are advertised on Jobslive. There are occasions however, when there is a mismatch from the advert to the actual work and or offer. We do accept employers’ adverts in good faith. However, if you encounter malpractice or wish to bring a concern to our attention for investigation, please contact us at employers@imperial.ac.uk and we will be in touch to discuss your concerns further.